<p>“The logical continuation of such an argument would be for the US to pour massive funds into fixing social ills from poverty to broken families, but I wonder how many would want to go there?”</p>
<p>How about if the Iraq money had done this instead (or still could). I said from the beginning of the Iraq war, if those billions could go to the cities and poor rural areas, that would have strengthened America the most. Otherwise people are fighting about a relatively small piece of the pie for education, scholarships, running water, etc etc etc.</p>